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Sweden: government proposes bill limiting the number of fixed-term contracts to comply with Community provisions
The main goal of this bill is to respond to a criticism expressed by the European Commission after the TCO union filed a complaint in March 2010. Indeed, Swedish regulations on temporary...
10 July 2012
BNP Paribas: new European agreement on employment management
This
agreement “sets out the rules and processes to be observed by BNP Paribas Group
companies in Europe with regard to:
10 July 2012
Great Britain: government to encourage employee ownership
After it received the Nuttall report, the government issued a call for evidence on employee ownership. It also announced the creation of a special institute and of a new guide for businesses...
10 July 2012
Belgium: social partners agree to reform time credit
Time credit for no motive. In Belgium, time credit allows suspending, totally or temporarily, one’s labor contract. It can be combined with other leaves, such as parental leave or a leave to...
10 July 2012
Netherlands: government key in prompting BMW to takeover the Nedcar auto plant
The withdrawal of the Japanese carmaker, Mitsubishi, planned for the end of 2012, gave way to a rather special agreement: the 1,500 staff of the Nedcar plant will receive 100 percent of their...
10 July 2012
Germany: dual higher education is booming
20 percent increase. How to face the shortage in skilled workers? In Germany, trying to answer this question has become an obsession for HR departments. In a highly competitive environment...
10 July 2012
Denmark: 3F union and government toughen action against social dumping
In June, the construction unit of the 3F union announced the investment of DKK 10 million (€1.3 million) against social dumping, aiming to enforce Danish collective agreements in foreign...
9 July 2012
Great Britain: increase in applications for union recognition in 2011/2012
The CAC annual report noted rise in applications return the volume of applications back to where it was two years ago of 42 applications. In its 2010/11 report, the CAC attributed the unusually...
9 July 2012
Spain: miners’ protest rallies reach Madrid
Juan Carlos Alvarez Liébana. We want to denounce the deadlock the coal industry is in. this year, we’re facing an unprecedented budget cut suffocating the sector, with a 63 percent cut to...
9 July 2012
EU: ArcelorMittal unions’ mobilization led the European Commission to agree to the creation of a joint working committee in the steel industry
First steps. The project is still in its infancy and the European Parliament is wondering whether ArcelorMittal’s representatives will agree to join this working committee. Nevertheless, the...
6 July 2012
Austria: railroaders get an average 3.4 percent wage increase
29,000 employees concerned at first. It took the ÖBB’s social partners, the management and the Vida transportation union six meetings to reach the wage agreement presented on Tuesday, July 3 in...
5 July 2012
Spain: the building-materials company Holcim signs Equal Opportunity Plan with unions
The decline of the Spanish construction sector is pronounced at present. The sector has been particularly afflicted by the economic crisis and the 2008 collapse of the housing bubble. According to...
5 July 2012
Luxembourg: how can employers control negligent employees?
The Court of Appeal of Luxembourg recently issued three long-awaited rulings on employers' control over employees. One was on controls via private investigators, the other via another employee in...
5 July 2012
Italy: Thales Alenia Space Italia renews company agreement
On June 12, TASI management and Altec, along with the national coordination of the Unitary Trade Union Representation bodies (RSUs) Fim-Cisl, Fiom-CGIL, Uilm-Uil, and the national and local...
4 July 2012
Belgium: employment at the center of the recovery
Employment. On July 3, Eli di Rupo’s socialist government launched a bargaining cycle with the social partners to define the outline of his future recovery program. Employment should be at the...
4 July 2012
Deutsche Post DHL: new EWC agreement details information and consultation procedures
On May 24, the social partners at Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL), which employs 471,000 people (40 percent in Germany, 25 percent in the rest of Europe), signed a new agreement on the information and...
4 July 2012
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026